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JASIAH RELEASES TIMELY NEW SONG “REBEL”
After releasing his ferocious aggro-rap single, “Break Shit,” earlier this year, genre-defying recording artist Jasiah returns with his latest release, “Rebel,” a protest anthem which arrives alongside original artwork drawn by Jasiah as well as a powerful visualizer –
Sergeant Buzfuz explore lockdown London streets in video for ‘There’s Idiots, Then There’s Idiots With Money’
Since writing the last Sergeant Buzfuz album, 2015’s “Balloons For Thin Linda”, songwriter Joe Murphy has lost both parents, got married, been a victim of a smear campaign (as a whistleblowing union rep), co-founded charity QQF (a theatre company for adults with special needs) and relocated to his native Sheffield. Joe has also continued to co-run Blang, the DIT* label he started in 2005 (including working on the first album from ex-Fall members Brix & The Extricated) and has worked part-time in special needs schools in London and Sheffield to fund the recording of “Fox Pop” (out 3rd July).
Sailmaker – Absolutely delighted to share “Taste For The Sublime”
“Taste For The Sublime” is about how going through that process of listing things that you’re thankful for in your own life can instil a greater sense of positivity, and really benefit your mental health.
Sometimes it’s easy to forget a lot of things that we should be grateful for, when society tends to highlight things that we don’t have. Often as well, the simplest things can bring the most happiness or contentment, such as appreciating nature or a good friendship.
Francois Klark’s song ‘Always’
Francois Klark is a South African born, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer. This Toronto based artist has caught the attention of music lovers, industry professionals and labels worldwide with his incredible songwriting and powerful vocal performances.
BLACK NOI$E SHARES NEW SONG & VIDEO FOR “THE BAND” FEAT. LIV.E
Today, to coincide with Juneteenth, Detroit producer Black Noi$e announces his forthcoming project, Oblivion, will be the debut release on Earl Sweatshirt’s Tan Cressida/Warner Records. Black Noi$e also unveils the project’s lead single and video, “The Band.” The track finds Dallas-bred, LA-based artist Liv.e throwing soulful vocals over jazz inflected production from Black. The accompanying video was shot by Black himself while on the Fire It Up tour with Earl Sweatshirt last year. Liv.e, MIKE, Na-Kel Smith, and BbyMutha were all also on the tour and make cameos throughout the video.
Post-hardcore group Same Gods share first listen with single “Remission”
Heavy riffing alternative rock / post-hardcore group Same Gods share their brand new single “Remission” with the world today. Best summarized as “a love letter to 90’s alternative rock and post hardcore written with an evolved sensibility” the group consists of four seasoned musicians, for a masterful combination of energy, talent, and craft. Ahead of their debut album release, “Remission” provides a powerful and tantalizing taste of what’s to come. Ghost Cult Magazine premiered the track, describing it as an “emotive breath of fresh air in today’s landscape of dirge-like, angry songs.”
JUKE ROSS RELEASES DEBUT ALBUM CHAPTER 2 TODAY VIA PALM TREE RECORDS/RCA RECORDS
Juke says of the album, “Chapter 2 is the story of a fish leaving its pond (Guyana) in pursuit of a Dream. A fish out of fresh water in an ocean of many creatures; about crossing rivers against the tide, reaching the ocean and learning to swim in bigger waves. It’s about survival and freedom. It’s about dreamers. It encompasses the long hard road to being an artist. A road filled with beautiful instances of life if only you can perceive them. Plenty sunshine and of course a bit of rain. It is a sort of metamorphosis and its end places us right where we are now. At the end of a rainstorm and ready for summer.”
EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRO-POP PRODUCER VASCO RETURNS WITH NEW GENRE-DEFYING ‘THE BUTTER LOVE MIXTAPE’
Featuring experimental yet hook-laden production, The Butter Love Mixtape melds undeniable electro-pop with avant-garde melodies and captivating toplines from a slew of seductive guest vocalists, including STELLA, Rozzi and Scarlet Pleasure through its five tracks. According to Vasco, “focus track ‘Like That’ is the calm banger – about haters and lovers, and keeping true to yourself.” From the ethereal opener “Just Say” with pitched-up vocals and alluring instrumentation to the banging R&B-infused mixtape closer “Another Night To Forget” (feat. Scarlet Pleasure), The Butter Love Mixtape is guaranteed to electrify existing fans and enchant new fans alike.
Listen to Narada Michael Walden’s “We Can Live Forever,”
Multiple Grammy and Emmy-winning hitmaker Narada Michael Walden, who has produced multi-million-selling smashes for superstars Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston and many others, has been signed to Quarto Valley Records. On August 8, 2020 he will release the dynamic new solo album IMMORTALITY, a progressive music masterpiece that recalls his early days as the drummer for the groundbreaking jazz-rock fusion band Mahavishnu Orchestra.
STAYSOLIDROCKY TUGS HEARTSTRINGS WITH SOULFUL SLAPPER “VACANT HEART” FT KEEZY
Equally inspired by Bone Thug N-Harmony and Drake, StaySolidRocky always wears his emotions on his sleeve. Confronting his past as he struggles to keep his emotions in check, Rocky shares “Vacant Heart” featuring Keezy today via. Columbia Records. Driven by gently-plucked acoustic guitar and fluttering synth strings, Rocky digs deep while reflecting on the betrayal and empty trust for his lover: “I’m havin painless thoughts/you was the only one who knew me til you broke our bond/you got me ventin’ to this bitch and I don’t even got her fuckin heart/I showed my scars, they fake a hunnid’ but I see the flaws.” Listen to the KFK produced song HERE.
DJ REGARD RELEASES OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR “SECRETS” FEAT. RAYE
Oumou Sangaré Releases New Album’ Acoustic’ + Video for “Saa Magni”
Malian superstar Oumou Sangaré released her new album Acoustic on all digital services via Nø Førmat (physical release coming August 28). The full-length is a re-imagining of her much-praised release Mogoya, totally unplugged, in live sessions captured over just two days. So far the album has been praised by NPR Music, Associated Press, Essence, Pitchfork, Chicago Reader, Glide, and Popmatters who said “Acoustic is a dream, a blissful installment in a career that continues to flourish.”
GRAVE DIGGER Release Brand New Lyric Video for “Barbarian”
After the chart breaking release of German Heavy Metal heroes GRAVE DIGGER’s 20th studio album on their 40 year band jubilee, the band around singer Chris “Reaper” Boltendahl have released the fourth video, taken from Fields Of Blood, “Barbarian”. Heavy riffs, thundering drums and the distinctive vocals take us back to 1746 – to the battlefield of Culloden deep in the Scottish Highlands, where the Jacobites were defeated in a bloody battle by the Duke of Cumberland – The “Barbarian”.
Electro-prog rock duo Skyhaven are back with “43W”
Electro/prog-rock duo Skyhaven will be releasing their new album DRUGLUST on July 31st, but today you can see a music video for the new single “43W.” The guitar-heavy track experiments with vocal samples and melodic pop elements, providing a moody soundtrack to the alluring video that premiered on Substream Magazine.
SoCal Band We the Commas Debut “Sherry” Single + Video
Introducing SoCal band of brothers We the Commas – comprised of Cam Comma (17), Jordy Comma (19), and Lenny Comma (23). Inspired by the likes of John Mayer, Bob Marley, The Beach Boys, Frank Ocean, Miguel, The 1975, Young the Giant, and The Head and The Heart, We the Commas describe their music as ‘Surf Alternative R&B.’ It’s a blend of chill acoustics that are soothing as the waves they love to surf, as well as soulful vocals that reflect various emotions – from falling in lust to finding life’s purpose. It’s not often one sees a group of Black artists who surf just as much as they play, yet We the Commas embrace going against the societal grain. Refusing to conform to stereotypes of sonic pop, rock, and R&B traditions, the newcomers are ready to shake things up with their debut single “Sherry” alongside the Josh Sikkema and Chris Rosa-directed video out globally today –
FLO MILLI RELEASES NEW TRACK “LIKE THAT BITCH”
Today, 20-year-old rising Mobile, Alabama rapper, Flo Milli releases her new track “Like That Bitch” via RCA Records. The track is currently featured on today’s Spotify New Music Friday billboard in Times Square which is part of the monumental New Music Friday Black Music Takeover for Juneteenth.
ELENOIR INVITES YOU TO THE ‘WRONG PARTY’
Fresh off her last tantalizing track ‘Queen Of Love’, a dark and bewitching collaboration with Xanti and Tim Bell, Elenoir is back, putting her spell on you with a cunning new single. Enter ‘Wrong Party’, where the gifted artist unleashes her imagination and talent to hypnotize and lead you into an alluring, twisted world which you will never want to leave.
Michael Franti & Spearhead Release “Work Hard And Be Nice”
“Every song on the album is about the power of optimism to get us through our darkest moments and find the light in our loves, lives and for the planet,” shares Franti. “I collaborated with many different incredible songwriters and it was amazing to hear how all of them understood completely the idea of how important it is for people to have ease of heart in these troubled times. The need for emotions to be able to pass effortlessly as they arise. Music helps with that, and sometimes it brings out feelings we never even knew existed.”
Michael Franti Offers Hope With New Album, ‘Work Hard & Be Nice’
Fredo Bang Caps Off a Stellar Spring with “Receipts,” His New Video
With a bruising musicality and a confrontational demeanor, Fredo Bang is a budding star. Unafraid to confront people who’ve had his name in their mouths, Fredo shares “Receipts,” his new video single. Laying waste to a DJ Chose & Hardbody B-Eazy beat, Fredo barks razor sharp bars of warning to the opps, declaring in blunt terms that he’s not one to be trifled with: “Say you got them drakes, b*tch you lyin’/Where you keep em at?/Say you got a body, but you lyin’/Need a receipt with that.” In the video, releasing today at 4pm ET, Fredo flexes with his homie and his Rottweiler in a foreign-filled garage. “Receipts” is the latest video to emerge in the wake of Most Hated, Fredo’s recent mixtape.
LISTEN UP: BRELAND SHARES RAGE & SORROW
Many of us have been oscillating between inspiration and desperation over the past few weeks, and I haven’t always known what to do or say about it. Inside me at any given moment lie two distinct emotions: Rage & Sorrow. We focus a lot on the rage because it makes us feel powerful, but without acknowledging the sorrow, sometimes we end up only hurting ourselves. It is okay to feel both of these emotions, and to feel them deeply. The two songs I’m dropping tonight speak to my journey toward this emotional balance, and I hope everyone who listens finds similar peace. Happy Juneteenth. – BRELAND
AXEL RUDI PELL Releases New Single and Video!
German Guitar wizard AXEL RUDI PELL releases a new digital single and video for the song “Bad Reputation (single edit)” today. The song is taken from the new studio album “Sign Of The Times”.
Axel Rudi Pell: „Bad Reputation“ is one of the most melodic songs we ever recorded with a cool riff and a catchy chorus, so it was obvious choosing that track for a video clip. Everybody filmed himself at home and even in Corona times we had much fun doing it, as you can see! This is the “Single Edit” version, which is a little shorter than the album version.!”
